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SB 486: Child Care Facilities

GENERAL BILL by Stewart ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Bracy ; Torres ; Farmer ; Book ; Taddeo ; Powell ; Campbell ; Rouson

Child Care Facilities; Creating the "Child Safety Alarm Act"; requiring vehicles used by child care facilities and large family child care homes to be equipped with a reliable alarm system that prompts the driver to inspect the vehicle for children before exiting the vehicle; requiring the Department of Children and Families to adopt by rule minimum safety standards and maintain a list of approved alarm systems, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2018
 Last Action: 3/10/2018 Senate - Died in Transportation
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  2. Transportation (TR)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    10/10/2017 Senate • Filed
    10/25/2017 Senate • Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Transportation; Rules -SJ 39
    1/9/2018 Senate • Introduced -SJ 39
    2/7/2018 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 02/12/18, 3:30 pm, 401 Senate Office Building
    2/12/2018 Senate • Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 347
    2/13/2018 Senate • Now in Transportation -SJ 347
    3/10/2018 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Transportation

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  • SB 486, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 10/10/2017 at 2:15 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Pre-Meeting) 2/9/2018 (pdf)
    Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Post-Meeting) 2/12/2018 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 305 Child Care Facilities Antone Identical Last Action: 3/10/2018 H Died in Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee Track This Bill

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    2/12/2018 3:30 PM Children, Families, and Elder Affairs 5 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    402.305 Licensing standards; child care facilities. Page 1 (pdf)

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